What ॅ means
It marks the vowel in English “cat.” Marathi uses this candra-e matra (a vowel sign attached to a consonant) in loanwords.
It follows its consonant in text—क + ॅ → कॅ—though fonts place it above the syllable.
A 2006 presentation records this Marathi use. A 2007 Unicode proposal cites a 2002 Marathi primer showing a related candra mark. A 2015 proposal links Devanagari’s tradition to a Masaram Gondi candra used for non-native vowels.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ॅ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ॅ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0945, then Alt+X to get ॅ.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “devanagari vowel sign candra e”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0945, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ॅCSS
\0945how to type ॅ
A Hindi or Marathi Devanagari layout may include it; key positions vary. In ITRANS, a Latin-key transliteration scheme, `ay-matra + .c` produces the sign.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ॅ
HTML hex
ॅ
CSS content
content: "\0945";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%A5%85
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.